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Economic Woes and Allostatic Load
'Tis the season for economic woes, snarling traffic, noisy neighbors and whiny children. These little pressures keep adding up like building blocks, slowly crippling biological mechanisms and later on exacting a heavy toll on the body. Read this recently published article by the Boston Health News Examiner and learn how allostatic load can have a deadly effect on the body...especially in times like this.
Economic woes & allostatic load.pdf
Stress So Bad It Hurts - Really
Pyschological stress can turn into physical pain and illness in a number of ways. One is the body's primitive "fight or flight" mechanism. We now recognize that what happens in the brain affects the body and what happens in the body affects the brain. Read more of this recently published Wall Street Journal that speaks directly to the negative effects stress can have on our health.
WSJ Article 3-17-09.pdf
Study: Wider cholesterol drug use may save lives. Click here to listen to NPR news review.
High sensitivity C-reactive protein test (CRP) can identify people who may benefit from preventative heart disease, even those with no risk factors. CRP is one of the many tests included in the Allostatix predictive health tool.
Watch a preview of the newly released compilation between Stanford University and National Geographic called, Stress: Portrait of a Killer. See how dangerous prolonged exposure to stress can be. Note: RealPlayer is needed to view this video segment. If you do not currently have RealPlayer downloaded, click here to go their web site and download the most up to date version.
Stress Portrait of a Killer » National Geographic Documentary with Robert Sapolsky (Stanford University).flv
Study: Another Incentive for Flat Abs. Click here to hear NPR news review.
If you've been waiting for one more reason to finally get rid of that excess belly fat, take note. Researchers in Germany found that fat accumulated around the abdomen can be far more dangerous to your health than fat on other parts of the body. The Allostatix predictive health tool measures waist to hip ratio as an indicator of this stress-induced fat.